Urban Social Movements in the Third World

235 Pages·2011·7.991 MB·English

by  Frans Schuurman, Ton Van Naerssen

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ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS:
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URBAN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN THE
THIRD WORLD

URBAN SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN THE
THIRD WORLD
Edited by
FRANS SCHUURMAN
and
TON VAN NAERSSEN
Volume 95
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Urban Social
Movements
in the Third
world
EDITED BY FRANS SCHUURMAN
AND TON VAN NAERSSEN
ROUTLEDGE
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First published 1989
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Urban social movements in the Third World.
1. Developing countries. Urban regions.
Slums & squatter settlements
I. Schuurman, Frans J. II. Naerssen,
Ton van
307'.3364'091724
ISBN 0-415-00919-7
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Urban social movements in the Third World / edited by Frans J.
Schuurman and Ton van Naerssen.
p. cm.
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-415-00919-7
1. Cities and towns—Developing countries. 2. Social movements—
Developing countries. 3.Sociology. Urban—Developing countries.
4. Developing countries—Social conditions. I. Schuurman, Frans J.,
1948- . II. Naerssen, Ton van.
HT149.5.U7335 1988
307.7'6'091724—dcl9 88-11517
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Contents
List of contributors vii
Introduction
(Frans J. Schuurman and Ton van Naerssen) 1
Chapter 1
Urban social movements: between regressive Utopia and
socialist panacea (Frans J. Schuurman) 9
Chapter 2
Collective organization and action in squatter settlements
in Arequipa, Peru
(Ton van Garderen) 27
Chapter 3
Neighborhood associations in Buenos Aires:
contradictions within contradictions
(Juan Silva and Frans J. Schuurman) 45
Chapter 4
Clientelism, competition and poverty: the
ineffectiveness of local organizations in a Madras slum
(Joop de Wit) 63
Chapter 5
The limits of territorial social movements: the case of
housing in Karachi
(Jan van der Linden) 91
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Chapter 6
Crossroads: the rise and fall of a squatter
movement in Cape Town, South Africa
(Arnold H.Isaacs) 105
Chapter 7
Between Utopia and strategy: a case study of
a Brazilian urban social movement
(Geert A. Banck and Ana Maria Doimo) 125
Chapter 8
Power and independence: the struggle for
identity and integrity in urban social movements
(Menno Vellinga) 151
Chapter 9
The Chilean squatter movement and the state
(Roel Klaarhamer) 177
Chapter 10
Continuity and change in the urban poor
movement of Manila, the Philippines
(Ton van Naerssen) 199
Subject index 221
VI
List of contributors
GeertA. Banck: Professor of Anthropology at the University of Utrecht
and the Interuniversity Center for Latin American Research (CEDLA)
in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Ana Maria Doimo: Senior Lecturer of Anthropology at the Federal
University of Espirito Santo, Brazil.
Ton van Garderen: MA Geography of Development. Currently at-
tached to the World Information Service on Energy in Amsterdam, the
Netherlands.
Arnold H. Isaacs: MA Non-western Sociology. Currently attached to
the Deutsche Entwicklungs Dienst (DED) in West Berlin, FRG.
Roel Klaarhamer: MA Geography of Development. Currently attached
to the Chile Committee in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Jan van der Linden: Senior Lecturer in the Department of Anthropo-
logy and Sociology of Development at the Free University of
Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Antoine L. van Naerssen: Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geo-
graphy of Development and at the Third World Center, Catholic
University of Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
Frans J. Schuurman: Senior Lecturer in the Department of Geography
of Development and at the Third World Center, Catholic University
of Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
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